The Description file holds that describe . A is used to give meaning to a and provide well-understood and standard ways of referring to a .
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holds that describe | Gloss |
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| t | SNOMED CT concepts. |
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A is used to give meaning to a and provide well-understood and standard ways of referring to a | Caption label |
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| CapId | description-file-detailed-specification |
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Description file - Detailed Specification |
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| Start | filespec |
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| Page | REUSE:Description File |
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Only one
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Field
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Data type
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Immutable
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Purpose
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id
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SCTID (data type)
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Uniquely identifies the .
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effectiveTime (field)
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Time (data type)
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N
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Specifies the inclusive date at which the component version's state became the then current valid state of the component
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active (field)
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Boolean (data type)
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N
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Specifies whether the 's state was or from the nominal release date specified by the effectiveTime (field) .
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moduleId (field)
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SCTID (data type)
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N
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Identifies the version's module. Set to a of
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900000000000443000|Module| |
within the metadata . ...
conceptId
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SCTID (data type)
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Y
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Identifies the to which this belongs. Set to an of a in the
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138875005|SNOMED CT Concept| |
within the Concept file. Note that versions of and don't belong to each other. Which version of any given is combined with which version of its owning depends on the point in time at which they are accessed. ...
languageCode
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String (data type)
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Y
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Specifies the of the text using the two character -639-1 code. Note that this specifies a level only, not a or country code.
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typeId (field)
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SCTID (data type)
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Identifies whether the is an FSN, or other type. This field is set to a of
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900000000000446008|Description type| |
in the Metadata . ...
term
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String (data type)
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The version's text value, represented in UTF-8 encoding.
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caseSignificanceId (field)
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SCTID (data type)
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N
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Identifies the enumeration value that represents the case significance of this version. For example, the term may be completely case sensitive, case insensitive or initial letter case insensitive. This field will be set to a of
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900000000000447004|Case significance| |
within the metadata . Only one record with the same id field will be current at any point in time. The current record will be the one with the most recent effectiveTime
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| RefType | (field) |
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| t | effectiveTime |
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before or equal to the point in time under consideration.
If the
field of this record is false ('0'), then the
is
at that point in time. If the
field is true ('1'), then the
is associated with the
identified by the conceptId field.
The conceptId field, the languageCode field and the typeId
field will not change between two rows with the same id, in other words they are immutable. Where a change is required to one of these fields, then the
current row will be de-activated component will be inactivated (by appending a row with the same id and the
field set to false) and a
new row with another row will be added representing a new component with a new id
will be appended. Only limited changes may be made to the
' term ' field field, as defined by editorial rules.
Each
will have at least one
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| Space | true |
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| t | active description |
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with a
typeId of
| for a given languageCode (like "en"). Where a only has one with a typeId (field) of | | for a given code, then that can be taken as and at least one | Gloss |
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| Space | true |
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| t | active description |
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with a of | Concept |
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| t | 900000000000003001 |Fully specified name| |
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.Where a
only has one | Gloss |
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| Space | true |
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| t | active description |
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with a of | Concept |
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| t | 900000000000003001 |Fully specified name| |
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across all the for that and each of its , and need not therefore be explicitly included in for that . Where a only has one with a typeId (field) of | | across all codes within a release, then that
can be taken as the
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| Space | true |
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| t | Fully Specified Name |
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for all
and
and need not
therefore be explicitly included in
any in every associated with that release.
The term
field will be restricted as follows:
- to an overall maximum length of 32Kb;
to a maximum length, configurable for each
type (| Gloss |
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| Space | true |
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| t | description type |
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as defined by the Type in the
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| t | 900000000000538005 |Description format reference set| |
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member associated with that - see the " - Specifications" the Description Format Reference Set specifications document for more details
); .
The
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| t | 900000000000538005 |Description format reference set| |
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also defined the format of the term field (plain text, limited HTML, XHTML, )
will also be configurable for each
type, using the same mechanism as above; Control characters (including TABs, CRs and LFs) will not appear in
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| t | 900000000000540000 |Plain text| |
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and or | Concept |
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| t | 900000000000541001 |Limited HTML| |
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format format types.
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